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Slices of Horror, 2026 Edition

If you're a fan of horror - or even if you're the kind of person who can only watch scary movies between your fingers - there's plenty of novels out there to suit the scary season. You can try some of the old standards, but if you're curious - or even a bit daring - you can place a hold on one of the many excellent horror novels that came out in 2026. Also, you can always stop by your local library where we can scare you up some good books.

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  • Cult favorite author Tingle does not disappoint with his newest, where a down-on-her-luck influencer resorts to graverobbing as a side gig, but when Eddie, a rock star, unexpectedly reanimates, she must participate in a gory and glam revenge tour…
    Book, 2026New York : Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group, 2026. — FICTION Tingle Chuck
  • I Know a Place

    Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours

    Cassidy, Nat, 1981-
    Horror sometimes works best in small doses, and Cassidy's latest short story collection (with an intro by Stephen King) is packed with satisfying scares.
    Book, 2026[Sandy, OR] : Shortwave Publishing, 2026. — FICTION Cassidy Nat 06/2026
  • This exquisitely creepy gothic (and body) horror opens with an illustrator going to work for an eccentric Victorian recluse (in an isolated mansion, because of course) where cataloging exotic insects quickly turns to something MUCH darker and…
    Book, 2026New York : Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group, 2026. — FICTION Kingfish T.
  • A modern-day college student retreats to his family's home in Japan after possibly committing a crime he doesn't remember, where he encounters the doomed ghost of a samurai's daughter trapped in a time loop. Their stories intertwine in strange,…
    Book, 2026Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2026. — FICTION Baker Kylie 04/2026
  • A young woman caught in a very public sex scandal with a millionare is the target of an obsessed IT worker in Seoul in this revenge-filled techno-horror novel about spy cameras, celebrity, and female rage.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., [2026] — FICTION Kim Monika 05/2026
  • Cozy horror? Absolutely. This novel about an unassuming employee of a cryptid-cataloging service starts off as a light paranormal rom-com but gets heavy when things get out of the office and into the wild.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Alcove Press, 2026. — ROMANCE Viall Grace 08/2026
  • Book, 2026New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026. — FICTION Tirado Vincent 03/2026
  • Book, 2026New York : Atria ; New York : 12:01 / Atria, 2026. — FICTION Kliewer Marcus 04/2026
  • An epistolary novel of two board game reviewers who play a mysterious board game that sucks them into a dark, disease-ridden ship in an alternate reality. Atmospheric and haunting, Jumanji this ain't.
    Book, 20260929Avon A 20260929 — XX(2039337.1)
  • Book, 2026New York : Crooked Lane, [2026] — FICTION Schaefer Saratoga

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